sticklerer
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RetroPie doesen't boot

Thu Feb 14, 2019 5:01 pm

Hi !
I download and flash the retropie image to my sd card.
After i power on my pi i see only rainbow screen and only the red led light.
(I have a raspberry pi 3 A+ if someone need )
Can someone help my what i do wrong ?

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Re: RetroPie doesen't boot

Thu Feb 14, 2019 6:06 pm

sticklerer wrote:
Thu Feb 14, 2019 5:01 pm
Hi !
I download and flash the retropie image to my sd card.
After i power on my pi i see only rainbow screen and only the red led light.
(I have a raspberry pi 3 A+ if someone need )
Can someone help my what i do wrong ?

The Retropie 4.4 has not been updated to include the updated kernel/firmware needed for the 3A+


Probably best to start with the latest Raspbian Stretch Lite and install the packages required to create a Retropie System:

https://retropie.org.uk/download/#Pre-m ... spberry_Pi
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sticklerer
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Re: RetroPie doesen't boot

Thu Feb 14, 2019 6:38 pm

Can you write what i need to do after i running Stretch Lite ? (I'm don't know how to install retro pie on raspbian)

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rpiMike
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Re: RetroPie doesen't boot

Thu Feb 14, 2019 6:41 pm

Its on the Retropie website under Installing on top of an existing OS:

https://retropie.org.uk/download/

sticklerer
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Re: RetroPie doesen't boot

Thu Feb 14, 2019 6:43 pm

Thanks

sticklerer
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Re: RetroPie doesen't boot

Sat Feb 16, 2019 9:39 am

Thanks, now the retro pie started succesfull

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